舍本逐末 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 捨本逐末 shěběnzhúmò ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details Character by character 舍(shě)give up 本(běn)root 逐(zhú)pursue 末(mò)tip A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0